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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

get double the wages they did then, and
the necessities Of life cost only half as
much. In other words hand worker
can to-day buy four times as much with
ten hours Of work as his father could
fifty years ago. For the first time in
the worlds history, a skilled mechanicl
can buy a barrel of -four with a single
days work. The machinery in the
United States represents the
labor of thousand million
men, or fifty times as much labor as
that of all the men in the country.
when motive power is still further
cheapened-say in another generation
Il believe that the unskilled laborer
If sober and Industrious, can have
house of his own, and horse and
carriage and a library and piano. 1t
| is terrible stupidity that leads some
laboring men to suppose that mach
inery is their foe. It is the thing that
gives them independence and even
freedom. Without machinery society
would drift into the condition of
master and slave. The multiplication
of machinery means for every worker
more food, better clothes, better houses.
less work. In fact, believe that the
indefinate increase of machinery is
going to solve what folks call 1.-THE
labor question''-that is, the desire
of hand workers to get bigger slice
of the margin of profit"
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Thick. OIL Rail.

About nine o'clock Thursday the
orchestra under the charge of Prof.
Rasmussen opened the program in
the K. Of L. hall. The lovers of the
dance who had been rapidly gathering
during the early evening were soon
whirling in the dizzy maze to the
prompting of Frank Romaine. There
was good attendance and all took
part in the dance. The members of
the organization with lady friends
were conspicuous among the number,
but many outside of the order embraced
the opportunity for pleasant dance.
About eleven o'clock supper was an
nounced and many of the assembly re-
paired to the dining room at J. NJ.
Hydes and RECALLED themselves on sub
stantial and delicate eatables. The
tables were very nicely decorated with
fruits and flowers and the abundance
of good things were thoroughly appre-
ciated by those who INDUCED. The
program of twenty-four numbers was
carried out and the dance kept up till
1.-The wee sma' hours" The whole af-
fair was decided success and will net
good round sum.
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OFFICIAL CALL.
n aaaonaI ConvsnsIOn or Republican
Climbs

Clubs
NOVEMBER, 18th, 1887.
We, the undersigned, presidents OF
our respective clubs, by virtue of the
authority vested in us by vote of said
clubs, do hereby issue this Official call
for a convention of all the republican
clubs in the United States, to assemble
at Chickering Hall, corner of Eight
eenth street and Fifth avenue, in New
York City, New York, at IL O'Clock in
the forenoon of Thursday, December
Is, 1887, and to continue in session
during Friday, December 18th, and
Saturday, December 18th, at such
said convention.
We request each of the permanently
organized republican clubs throughout
the country to select five delegates to
represent the club in this convention.
The president of each club is by viz
tue of his Office, entitled to seat as
delegate in said convention, in addi-
ton to the five delegates above provid--
ed for. The delegation from club to
cast but one vote.
For the benefit of those, who have
not seen the previous circulars issued
by the committee on associate organi-
Zationso of the Republican Club of
New York, a few words are quoted
from the last circular sent out in re-
gard to the objects of this convention.
The primary object of holding this
convention is to consider the propriety
of organizing, in the various states of
the Union, large number of republic
can clubs, and to determine the best
manner of conducting their work"
ALSO to devise some system that
will cOnduce to the efficient cooper
alton of these clubs in state and
national politics, and the formation of
a national league.'
''This work if properly carried out
will lead to increased party efficiency,
to an intelligent comprehension among
the masses of the living questions be-
fore the country, and to degree of or
| ganiZation hitherto unknown in the
history of any political party
1.-The convention shall not name,
recommend or nominate any candidate
for office"
The delegates are notified that dur
| ing the convention, the club house of
the Republican Club of New York, at
No. 80 West Twenty-eighth street, will
be always open as the headquarters for
delegates from out of town.
1t is of great Importance that the
clubs send at once the names of the
delegates selected, to Henry Gleason,
secretary of the committee on associate
organizations of the Republican Club
of New York. Address, No. 80 Beck
man street, New York City, New Y ork,
or TO the club house as above.
JOSEPH Pool,
| Chairman.
about one hundred and twenty-five
Republican clubs in different parts OF
the Union.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

KANSAS prohibition and the Murray
law are responsible for the liquor ship
ped from Kansas City to this or any
other city of Kansas, just as bolts and
bars on door are responsible for a
burglars breaking in at window
Republican.
There is not one word in the Murray
law that prohibits shipping of intoxi-
eating liquors into Kansas. So we
can't see how the bolts and bars SINH
larity comes in. Neither is there one
word in the Murray law that will keep
a man who wants whisky very badly,
and is willing to lie, from having it,
provided he obtains it before he gets SO
drunk that the druggist will refuse
him. Why, under the law, any man
who wants a drink has only to go to a
drug, store, swear he has cramps, collie,
or anything of the kind, and the drug
gist, if he lives up to the law, must
supply him with the antidote.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

IN 1874 the citizens of France pre-
scented to the widow of John Brown a
gold medal, commemorative of the part
her husband took in bringing about the
destruction of slavery. The medal. to-
gether with a letter from the donors,
was transmitted to Mrs. Brown by
William Lloyd Garrison. Among the
signers of the letter are Victor Hugo
and Louis Blanc. The letter and
medal were lately given to John Brown,
Jr., by his mother and he has just pre-
scented them to the Kansas Historical
society. They will hereafter be found
in the museum of the society at To-
peka.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

ST. LOUIS Globe-Democrat: Mr..
Blaine's friends are making a great
mistake in dwelling so strongly as they
Do upon the support of the Irish vote.
Every other republican mentioned for
the nomination is just as sound on
the Irish question as Mr.. Blaine is, and
just as we'll entitled to the Irish vote.
There is such thing as losing some of
the American vote by reaching too far
after the Irish vote, and Mr.. Blaine
may find himself in that position.
There is already strong talk of an
American party, which, if organized,
would cost Mr.. Blaine more votes than
he is likely to get from the Irish.
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In a recent interview Senator Sher-
man is reported as using the following
language regarding the colored vote in
the south:
have a simple platform: First, the
protection of American Industries, and
second the count of the vote fairly as
cast in the southern states. For one
would not join in a general defamation
of the southern section. l am willing
to forget the war and forgive those who
participated in it, but the time has
now come, in my judgement, to protect
the colored men of the south in their
political rights; to have their votes
fairly counted and delivered"
How do you propose to accomplish
this?''
1T can easily be DONE" said the
senator 81 take the broad ground
that the congress Of the United States
now has the power under the con-
stitution to supervise the vote cast in
every state for members of congress
and for all offices which are national.
Let me amplify. Section of article
of the constitution says: "The
| times, places and manner of holding
elections for senators and repreSen-
tatives shall be prescribed in each
state by the legislature thereof, but
Ine congress may at any Time Dy law
make or alter such regulations except
as to the places of choosing senator's
Now, what can be clearer under
this section of the constitution? 1t is
wholly within the power of congress tt
provide the machinery for fair cleo
ton in the south. 1t is VIGOROUSLY
known that the negro vote of the south
is not counted where it is prejudicial tt
democratic results. think the time
has now come for congress to assert it:
| authority. / would have boards Of
election to see that the vote in every
state, north and south, was fairly
counted. would have the expenses Of
such boards paid out of the nationa
| treasury, and would have their duties
| specifically prescribed by congress
When said little while ago that the
New York republicans were cowardly
in the conduct of their campaigns,
had reference to this very thing.
think the deprivation of the negro VOTE
in the south should have been an issue
in the campaign, and a commanding is
sue. l made it in Ohio, and it ought
to be the feature at the approaching
session of congress-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

THE report lately circulated to the
effect that an effort was made to re-
vive August Spies after his execution,
by the use of electricity, is now most
emphatically denied by the physician
who was present. This gentleman
further states that but one successful
attempt of this kind is recorded in the
whole range of surgery. That was the
case of a convict in Austria, who was
operated upon fifteen minutes after ex-
ecution, and by superhuman exertions
to secure artificial respiration, he came
to, but was a raving maniac, and died
within twenty-four hours.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

FROM archaeological evidence, an Eng
lish writer contends that the human
race is growing taller, the increase in
average stature appearing to be about
an inch and quarter each l 900 years.
Measurements of old armor show a de-
cided increase in average height of the
English aristocracy within 500 years.
Ancient coffins found in Great Britain
indicate that the Romans could not
have exceeded five feet five inches in
average stature. Twenty-Five Egyp-
tian mummies measured an average of
sixty-one inches for males and flfty-five
for females. The mummy of Cleopatra
measured about fifty-four inches, and
the most ancient known mummy of an
Egyptian King is only fifty-two inches
long
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01
Prince TfDtoe.

In the soft snowy heart OF thistle,
Prince T1ptoe one morning was born;
Wnen the sound OF the partFidge'S whistle
Arose from the Hpening corn:
when the sunlight was dreamlly tender,
AND the hilftops were smoky and blue,
And faint, indescribable splendor
In many cloud-rfft came through.
Then q breeze from the South Winds domin-
ions
Flew by, and Prince Tiptoe was whiried
Away, on invisible pinions,
From his own little siIk-curtained world;
He was tossed in the air like feather,
And tWirled till he almost forgot
HIS name, and could scarcely tell whether
he was really Prince Tiptoe or not
But the gay little zephyr grew weary,
And she said, There's cottage, my deary,
On Its porch you must quietly DROP.
1t was sheltered and shady and airy,
And an oak-tree high over it rose;
And His HiGhness came down ike fairy
On the tips OF his downy white toes
And softly he danced to the measure
OF the thrush's song up in the tree,
And forgot in his light-hearted pleasure
That danger anear him might be-
An urch1n was slowly advancing,
Whose pansy-blue, wondering eyes
Saw not In that small atom dancing
A Fairy-iand prince in disguise.
But he knew there was nothing to match it
In the length and the breadth of the town;
And he said with q shout, 81 will catch it
That beautiful white thistle-down-"
Hal the sly little breeze was but hiding,
And watching her nursing at play;
And forth she came noiselessly gliding
And Prince TiptOe was up and aWayl
Hattie Whitney, in st. Nicholas.
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NOTWITHSTANDING that coal is
cheaply mined, and that there is
enough of it imbedded in this CONT
nent to supply the wants of the Amer
lean people for ages, the price has gone
up, and that, too, at time when the
article is most needed. The advance
in price is due to combination on the
part of the barons who control the coal
fields. Commenting upon this circum-
stance the New York Herald says:
1.-THE rich do not feel it. 1t makes no
difference to them whether coal costs
five or seven dollars ton. Those
who are in moderate circumstances do
means longer hours of work, or that
the children must be clothed more
Scantily or perhaps taken from
school. 1t is disgrace to our civiliZa-
ton that wage earners should be
squeezed and robbed in this way. But
when you look into the tenement
houses of great city like New York
your Indignation blaZes up and you get
mad all through. These poor folk
never owned a whole ton of coal. They
buy it by the peck, or bushel or hOdful,
and are compelled to pay for it at the
rate of about twelve dollars. That is
where the rub comes. If you did not
know it, gentlemen, it is that species of
oppression that makes anarchists.
Who can help kicking against palpa-
BILE outrage of that kind or denouncing
form of society which tOlerates it OF
sneering at the Christianity which ig-
nOres or apologies for it?'
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

THE following Washington special
to the Cincinnati Enquirer is pointer
to what may happen in the House this
winter in certain contingencies:
A further analysis of the new House
of Representatives gives some interest
ing sectional figures, 50 to speak. OF
the 1853 democrats 102 are from the
south and GO from the north, so that if
the caucus should be decided on Mason
and DiXon's line, which is not likely to
be the case, the south would prevail by
a majority of SO. OF the new demo-
cratic members, 80 are from the south
and 81 are from the north. OF the
re- elected democrats SO are from the
south and 35 are from the north. Of
the 153 republicans in the House Is
are from the south, IL of them being
new members.
A good deal of talk has grown out of
the fact that the recent election of a
republican to fill the Rhode Island va
cancy has given the republicans a ma
jority on the house on a vote Of states.
The falling off of the labor vote renders
it highly improbable that more than
two candidates, for the present, will be
considered in the electoral college next
year, in which even majority by
states" will be a matter of small con-
sequence, but there is, of course, a pos
sibility that the house will have to
take up the matter, and those who are
disposed to consider things closely are
figuring on the possibility of depriving
the republicans of their advantage.
There are contests against FELTON, and
Vandever, republicans of the Fifth and
Sixth districts of California, and the
merits of the cases are said to be about
equal. If the democratic contestants
can gain both of the cases the majority
of the California delegation will be
democratic. Indiana, on the face Of
the certificates, has seven republicans
and six democrats. Lowry, democrat,
contests the seat of White of Fort
Wayne, and if he succeeds Indiana will
drop into the democrat line. With
California and Indiana reconstructed
in this manner, the democratic candi-
date for president would be elected in
the event of the election going to the
hnuaa
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

BISMARCK, DAKOTA, Nov. 26.-Ofic-
ial figures from nearly all Dakota
counties show that the majority for
division in the entire territory will not
exceed 5000. the total vote being about
seventy thousand. Only three counties
in north Dakota voted for division,
and in south Dakota fifteen counties
voted against it. Only eight counties
voted against prohibition in the terri
foru
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

NOVEL readers have rich treat in
store, if the report be true that Sem
ator Ingalls, has now in press a novel
upon life in the national capital.
intellectually there is no keener man
living than the Kansas senator, while
his caustic style has had no superior
since the days of Junius. Washington
is, too, rich and unworked character
mine, that should to intelligent effort
yield Becky Sharps and George Gaunts,
to say nothing of Dukes of Grafton, by
the score. Globe Democrat.
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THOMAS A. EDISON, the inventor,
was recently asked this question:
when motive power gets to be four
times as cheap it is, what will become
of the labOring man2'' Mr.. Edison re-
piled: HE will be enriched by it. Ma
chinery will beshis slave. See how ma
chinery has multiplied in the last fifty
years. AS direct result, workingmen
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HILLsBoRo, ILLS, Nov. 25.-The for
est fires that have been raging in this
section during the past week have done
much good as well as great damage.
They have destroyed myriads of chinch
bugs that ruined the corn crop last sea-
son. Before the fires started the
woods and fields were lit
orally swarming with chinch bugs
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'P!Iolse0 seIeqol!d IoI 40 usIpgu9
mueI Les nm On Anarchv

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-There is much
Indignation among the brewers and
masters on account of circular issued
by the bosses yesterday, admonishing
the men not to repeat their perform
ance of November 18th, lin not giving
but one days notice of their taking a
holiday and limiting that it would be
well for them to let up little on their
expression of sympathy with anarchy.
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a REPORT, based on a New York
Herald special, was current in Kansas
City last evening to the effect that
Judge John +. Phelps had been APP
pointed to succeed Land Commissioner
Sparks. While Judge Phelps has as
yet not been notified to this effect,
there may be something in the report,
as Secretary Lamar is known to be his
warm personal friend.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

SUPERINTENDENT Fox of the
United States mint says that not only
is the demand being kept up for small
or minor com, but the banks are now
wanting gold dollars. They are also
demanding new quarter and half dol
lar pieces. The superintendent stated
that by January 1st he wonld have
coined as many gold dollars as he
thought advisable for the present.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

THE ST. Joseph papers refuse to be-
lieve the Patriots announcement that
the ''St. Joe 81 st. Louis road has
been sold to the Atchison, Topeka 81
Santa Fe. 1t is fact, however. The
trade was made last spring, and when
the Chicago extension is opened it will
be operated as part of the line
Atchison Patriot.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

THESE be exciting days. But a
couple of weeks ago the anarchists
were hanged, and since then the arrest
of Herr Johan Most has taken place;
last week were the London riots and
the drug store permit protests; this
week we have had Thanksgiving and
the charity ball, and now comes the Re-
publican of this morning with the an
nouncement that we are to have a boom
Immediately.
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The Republican of this morning
says. 1.-The Emporia NEWS, when
squeezed into corner, declares it is
not in favor of Saloons This is just
the difference between THE NEWS and
the Republican. 1t is only when
squeezed into corner and out of sight
that the Republican does fav or
SalOODS
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R.,hbiDg the P16ITc 0onas,

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The acting
commissioner of the land Office has
recommended that suit be brought
against French Bros. and William
Scott, of the Deadwood, Oak. Land dis
trict, for the recovery of $44 900, the
value of two million feet of lumber al
legged to have been illegally cut from
public domain by Scott and sold to
French Bros. - -
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MANY of our exchanges devote much
space to lengthy articles on Thanks
giving, and have in many instances ev-
identity cudgled their brains in efforts
to mention things to be thankful for.
Bnt we hold that on to-day, those who
have plenty of turkey and the other
good things of life have not much time
to devote to reading the aforesaid Ia
bored efforts, being too busy in fulfill
ing the scriptural saying, ''eat, drink
and be merry" etc. In case of those
who have not the above named luxu-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01

TT Is SAID That a few years ago the
wife Of General Crook, while travelling
in Arazona, threw away from the car
window the remains of some water
cress which she had brought from a
distant part of the country. The bits
of herb fell into a brook and took root,
and now watercress is growing luxur-
antly all through that part of'the terri
tory where it was entirely unknown
hafnrn
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EQUAL SUFFRAGE is part and parcel
of Kansas Republican doctrine, accord
ing to arguments of the Republican,
yet we don't see that paper tearing its
clothes in efforts to uphold the equal
suffrage end of the platform, although
it does go into Mysteries at any insinu-
atoms against prohibition or the Muir
raw law
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1887.

To-DAY's dispatches disclose the fact
that Nina Van Zandt, or, as she pre-
sumes to call herself, Mrs. A. Spies,
has changed her mind, and will not
starve herself to death, but instead has
gone into deep mourning for her proxy
husband
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The Republican to the contrary not
withstanding, there is great dissatis-
faction with the prohibition law in
this city, and it is sheer nonsense to
deny it. The very fact that over two
hundred ladies' protested against per-
mits proves the fact.
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The moon was full October End and
again on October 31st. This is an I'M
usual thing, but it doesn't presage the
end of the world; it simply indicates
that the imam in the NOON has been
tarrying too long in Kansas City ere
visiting Kansas.
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Ms. GIadstone. writing q prefatory

Mrs. Gladstone, writing a predatory
note for Women Workers in the Lib
eral Cause" says: I'VE cannot recog-
aize too clearly the crying need Of
education and combined effort among
somen. A great cause such as that
which now lies nearest to our hearts,
tho cause of Ireland, should arouse in
us a passionate desire for thorough
and accurate knowledge of its history.
Strange that this should have been so
much overlooked -
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A JURY has been obtained in the
Most case in New York, and his trial
is now in progress. 1t is to be hoped
that the arch-anarchist may be effective
ly silenced for some time to come. That
he has been arrested and brought to
trial is one of the things we should be
thankful for,
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ries, they of necessity could not very
heartily enter into Thanksgiving read
ing. We, therefore, cut this article
short, thus giving our readers at least
one item for which they can possibly be
thankful.